Lucid Audio Purchases Westone Audio
Westone Laboratories has announced the sale of its music division, Westone Audio, to hearing aid and PSAP manufacturer Lucid Audio.
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Contacta Appoints Exertis ProAV as Distributor of Hearing Loop and Speech Transfer Systems in Australia
Contacta, an assistive living specialist, announced the appointment of Exertis ProAV Australia, part of Stampede and Exertis ProAV, to serve as its value distribution partner to drive sales of its hearing loop and speech transfer systems in the region.
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FDA Issues Letter to “OTC Hearing Aid” Manufacturers
A letter by the FDA's William Maisel cautions that hearing devices cannot use “OTC hearing aids” in their marketing since the FDA definition of this hearing aid class—which would probably include severity of loss and other important safety, quality, and labeling requirements—has not yet been established.
Earlens Contact Hearing Solution Introduced with Inductive Coupling vs Light-Driven Coupling
In January 2019, the FDA approved a new and improved inductive radio power system for the Earlens Contact Hearing Solution which replaced the previous light-driven system. This article details the advantages of this change, and provides study results on the benefits of the inductive coupling system and how it is equal to or surpasses the light-driven system in several parameters.
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Starkey’s 2.4 GHz Hearing Aids Now Available in All Configurations and Colors
Starkey announced that “the world’s first 2.4 GHz custom rechargeable hearing aids” are now available in all configurations and colors.
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CEVA and Bragi Partner on Hearable Devices
Target devices include headsets, hearing aids, True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds, and a host of other smart audio devices for the consumer and the smart home.
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Eargo Featured in ‘Harvard Business Review’ Article
Author Eddie Yoon, a founder of Eddie Would Grow, wrote that “Eargo’s team are trained to talk about hearing loss not as a medical problem, but rather as a relational problem,” and ask callers about the quality of conversations with friends and family.
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Starkey Introduces Livio Edge AI
Livio Edge AI is said to “combine the best of both worlds: industry-leading sound quality and sound processing for challenging listening environments.”
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A Questionnaire to Assess the Subjective Benefit of Extended Bandwidth Amplification Hearing Aids
The Earlens Contact Hearing Solution has been shown to deliver greater audibility across an extended frequency range than conventional aids, but do patients notice the difference? A pilot study using a new questionnaire was run with experienced hearing aids users to evaluate the subjective sound quality they had when fit with the Earlens Contact Hearing Solution versus when they were switched back to their own acoustic hearing aids.
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Situational Hearing Loss
Staff Standpoint | January 2020 Hearing Review By Karl E. Strom Is time spent using a hearing...
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‘Engadget’ Names Olive Union’s Smart Ear as ‘Best Wearable’
Olive Union announced that Engadget awarded its Smart Ear as the “Best Wearable” in the...
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Eargo Launches Neo HiFi
Eargo, a medical device company “dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with hearing...
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Nuheara Launches IQbuds2 Max at CES 2020
Nuheara, the smart-hearing company, announced the launch of IQbuds2 MAX. Built on...
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Hearing Instrument Manufacturers: ‘Bluetooth LE Audio is a Major Step Ahead for Hearing Aid Users’
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announces LE Audio as the next generation of Bluetooth...
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Walgreens Adds Nuheara PSAPs
Walgreens now offers NuHeara’s IQbuds BOOST and IQstream TV hearables, both in-store and online at www.walgreens.com.
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Apple Announces Hearing Study with University of Michigan
Called the Apple Hearing Study, the company will work alongside the University of Michigan to “examine factors that impact hearing health. The Apple Hearing Health Study is the first of its kind to collect data over time in order to understand how everyday sound exposure can impact hearing.”
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Service-Delivery Considerations of Direct-to-Consumer Devices in the New Age of Rehabilitative Hearing Healthcare
While hearing care professionals might perceive OTC/DTC as a threat or detrimental to their professional autonomy and livelihood, authors Rupa Balachandran and Amyn Amlani show how there are opportunities to meet the demand of listeners with impaired hearing through the provision of revenue-generating professional services. These service opportunities allow for the preservation of the independent practice channel for those practitioners who understand and recognize the economics of the transformed, and continually evolving, US hearing healthcare environment.
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Intricon Enters into Partnership with Puretone; Sells PC Werth to Warner Tech-care
IntriCon has announced a distribution agreement with Puretone Ltd, a UK-based hearing health company with operations in more than 75 countries and access to Britain’s NHS, and the sale of IntriCon’s London-based subsidiary, PC Werth, to Warner Tech-care Products.
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